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George Naylor: Casino Crops
July 19, 2011
July 18, 2011 - Thanks to decades of deregulated agriculture, markets for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and other farm commodities have become high-stakes...
Iowa View: Business as usual should not continue
May 18, 2012
| DesMoinesRegister.com
These factory farms pollute our air and water and drive family farmers out of business. They are the number one financier of payday lenders in the country, taking advantage of...
5 Things you can't miss this weekend, April 6
April 06, 2012
| DesMoinesRegister.com
The Rare Affair Saturday This first-time event is designed to showcase Iowa's family farmers and meat producers and nine Des Moines chefs who feature these...
Iowans need to stand up to animal cruelty
January 25, 2012
| DesMoinesRegister.com
I come from a long line of small family farmers who treated their animals with respect. My grandmother raised free range chickens for public consumption; the' -- egg man' --...
Day 2 of the Obama bus tour: Rural America
August 16, 2011
| Washington
Campaigning in battleground Iowa in 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama promised a major initiative to boost rural America, including helping family farmers. Obama...
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